ooc | permissions, part two
Sep. 5th, 2015 11:34 amPart one - the list of stuff it's OK to do to Beyond - can be found here.
Part two of permissions - an explanation of Beyond's abilities and your decision of what's OK for Beyond to (somewhat indirectly) do - follows below.
Beyond was born with what's known in Death Note canon as shinigami eyes. This power was initially stripped from him, but as of Beyond's pairing with Cassel and Cassel's subsequent request, the Admiral has restored this ability to Beyond at full power.
A bit of explanation: In the Death Note universe, humans who acquire a Death Note and become attached to a shinigami, or death god, have the option of trading that shinigami the temporary use of their eyesight, which grants the ability to see a person's true name (a critical piece of information needed for effectively using the notebook) and fated day of death.
Here is an example of what someone with shinigami eyesight sees when looking at a live human:
Typically, the price given to the shinigami in exchange for this skill is half of the user's remaining life span. Beyond, on the other hand, was born with this ability at no additional upfront cost, and without the element of choice - which sounds pretty cool in theory, except imagine since basically birth being surrounded by extremely visible reminders that everyone you've ever known and loved or even remotely liked will die. Not only that, but imagine knowing, inexplicably, when this will happen. For every. single. person. you've ever met. Imagine seeing this, over and over and over again, and probably not fully understanding entirely why or how you know these things. And imagine not only being unable to ever shut this ability off, but also imagine not being able to do a damn thing about it.
Great knowledge and an even greater sense of powerlessness. No wonder Beyond ended up so off-kilter, then. :|
Let's backtrack to the mechanics of how the shinigami eyes actually work. In order to see a name and life span, Beyond will need to see more than half of a person's face, usually the top half. Conversely, if more than half of the person’s face is covered, such as with a mask or large sunglasses, Beyond will NOT be able to see that person’s name and life span. Also keep in mind this only works on live humans, and only on the real thing or cinematic/photographic replicas. Paintings or sketches, no matter how lifelike, do not yield any results.
A note on how this applies in-game: I typically leave it up to players to decide whether their characters count as human and/or alive - that is, if you wonder whether Barge deaths count or just canon deaths, I leave that decision up to you. Do mutants count as "humans"? Again, your choice - it's YOUR character! Etc.
Now! Here's where you come in. If you'd like Beyond to have some sort of in-person or video encounter with your character/s, he will most likely end up seeing something, unless your character is dead, or not a human.
Please just fill out a quick comment box with the appropriate information:
FOR CHARACTERS WHO ARE BOTH HUMAN AND ALIVE - please comment here with the following information!
FOR CHARACTERS WHO ARE EITHER NOT HUMAN OR NOT ALIVE - please comment here with the following information!
If there are any questions/concerns/etc., please feel free to leave a comment, PM me, or poke me on Plurk (ventose), AIM (last laugh blues), or Skype (lastlaughblues).
Thanks a bunch! c:
Part two of permissions - an explanation of Beyond's abilities and your decision of what's OK for Beyond to (somewhat indirectly) do - follows below.
Beyond was born with what's known in Death Note canon as shinigami eyes. This power was initially stripped from him, but as of Beyond's pairing with Cassel and Cassel's subsequent request, the Admiral has restored this ability to Beyond at full power.
A bit of explanation: In the Death Note universe, humans who acquire a Death Note and become attached to a shinigami, or death god, have the option of trading that shinigami the temporary use of their eyesight, which grants the ability to see a person's true name (a critical piece of information needed for effectively using the notebook) and fated day of death.
Here is an example of what someone with shinigami eyesight sees when looking at a live human:
Typically, the price given to the shinigami in exchange for this skill is half of the user's remaining life span. Beyond, on the other hand, was born with this ability at no additional upfront cost, and without the element of choice - which sounds pretty cool in theory, except imagine since basically birth being surrounded by extremely visible reminders that everyone you've ever known and loved or even remotely liked will die. Not only that, but imagine knowing, inexplicably, when this will happen. For every. single. person. you've ever met. Imagine seeing this, over and over and over again, and probably not fully understanding entirely why or how you know these things. And imagine not only being unable to ever shut this ability off, but also imagine not being able to do a damn thing about it.
Great knowledge and an even greater sense of powerlessness. No wonder Beyond ended up so off-kilter, then. :|
Let's backtrack to the mechanics of how the shinigami eyes actually work. In order to see a name and life span, Beyond will need to see more than half of a person's face, usually the top half. Conversely, if more than half of the person’s face is covered, such as with a mask or large sunglasses, Beyond will NOT be able to see that person’s name and life span. Also keep in mind this only works on live humans, and only on the real thing or cinematic/photographic replicas. Paintings or sketches, no matter how lifelike, do not yield any results.
A note on how this applies in-game: I typically leave it up to players to decide whether their characters count as human and/or alive - that is, if you wonder whether Barge deaths count or just canon deaths, I leave that decision up to you. Do mutants count as "humans"? Again, your choice - it's YOUR character! Etc.
Now! Here's where you come in. If you'd like Beyond to have some sort of in-person or video encounter with your character/s, he will most likely end up seeing something, unless your character is dead, or not a human.
Please just fill out a quick comment box with the appropriate information:
FOR CHARACTERS WHO ARE BOTH HUMAN AND ALIVE - please comment here with the following information!
FOR CHARACTERS WHO ARE EITHER NOT HUMAN OR NOT ALIVE - please comment here with the following information!
If there are any questions/concerns/etc., please feel free to leave a comment, PM me, or poke me on Plurk (ventose), AIM (last laugh blues), or Skype (lastlaughblues).
Thanks a bunch! c:
